I did not specify the circumstances when the third party moderation should be brought in - I agree that it's all matter of weighting the benefits and the work required to do it right. But I don't agree that the constant email flamewars are the best of the possible communication and I would expect that the mere possibility of this mediation would inspire people to cool down and think a bit more broadly.

Once again I don't say that TPF should have "the right to come in and throw their weight around" - but rather I say that project leaders should have the possibility of inviting a third party moderator when they need to.

Community is about having things in common - it can be a volunteer community - but that does not mean that there is no place for negotiation.

And shouting at me with your big fonts does not add any validity to your straw man arguments.

In reply to Re^6: Moderation of Open Source projects by zby
in thread Moderation of Open Source projects by zby

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